diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e11ff9d..83274f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ environment and external-provider references are rejected. Trusted deployment
 code may resolve an `env:NAME` reference only through the separate deployment
 configuration helper.
 
+Deleting a source or its calendar immediately scrubs Calendar-owned ciphertext
+and provider references and emits non-secret audit evidence. If an external
+secret provider cannot confirm deletion, the operation fails closed without
+retiring the source or cancelling its queued work; retry is idempotent after a
+database rollback. Destructive module retirement first deletes and audits all
+active and legacy retained provider secrets and stops before table removal on
+provider failure.
+
 Inbound sync uses CalDAV `calendar-query` for full sync and `sync-collection`
 when a sync token exists. It imports all VEVENT components in a resource and
 soft-deletes local events when remote resources disappear. Two-way sources also
diff --git a/docs/CALENDAR_INTEGRATION_CONCEPT.md b/docs/CALENDAR_INTEGRATION_CONCEPT.md
index 6181082..71cd684 100644
--- a/docs/CALENDAR_INTEGRATION_CONCEPT.md
+++ b/docs/CALENDAR_INTEGRATION_CONCEPT.md
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ bindings or unresolved delivery. Credential rotation does not discard committed
 desired state. Public event mutation cannot set sync-owned source hrefs, kinds,
 or ETags. Deleting a synchronized collection or retiring its source is a local
 unlink: it never deletes the remote collection or its remaining remote events.
+The unlink immediately scrubs Calendar-owned credential ciphertext and external
+provider references and audits the deletion. External provider failure blocks
+retirement before queued work is changed; a later retry tolerates a provider
+secret already removed by an earlier attempt whose database transaction rolled
+back. Provider errors and audit details never contain credential values or
+secret references.
 The current singular ownership model permits one active sync source per
 calendar; multi-source fan-in will require per-event source routing. Celery beat
 triggers recovery every minute, while root-transaction after-commit dispatch